List of Famous people born in France

Joël-Guy Batteux was a French politician.

Étienne Sansonetti was a French professional footballer who played as a striker. Sansonetti played his club football with Marseille, Valenciennes, Angers, Bastia, AC Ajaccio, Monaco and Gazélec Ajaccio. Sansonetti was the Ligue 1 topscorer in the 1967-68 season, scoring 26 goals.

Marie-Hélène Amiable is a member of the National Assembly of France. She represents the 11th constituency of the Hauts-de-Seine département. She is a member of the French Communist Party and works in association with the Gauche démocrate et républicaine coalition.

Édouard de Lépine was a Martinican historian and politician.

Joseph Eugène Schneider was a French industrialist and politician. In 1836, he co-founded the Schneider company with his brother, Adolphe Schneider. For many years he was a Deputy, and he was briefly Minister of Commerce and Agriculture in 1851.

Alain Claeys is a French politician. He is a member of the Socialist Party, former Mayor of Poitiers (2008-2020) and a former member of the National Assembly of France for the first constituency of the Vienne department (1997-2017). He sits in the Socialist, Radical, Citizen and Miscellaneous Left group in the National Assembly.

Émile-Auguste Chartier, commonly known as Alain, was a French philosopher, journalist, and pacifist. He adopted his pseudonym in homage to the 15th-century Norman poet Alain Chartier.

Jean Pierre-Bloch was a French Resistant of the Second World War as an activist, being a former president of the International League against Racism and Anti-Semitism.

Jean-Yves Terlain, born on November 12, 1944 in Angers, is a French navigator and architect. He is the uncle of the Peyron brothers and therefore of Loïck Peyron.

Peter II, Duke of Bourbon, was the son of Charles I, Duke of Bourbon, and Agnes of Burgundy, and a member of the House of Bourbon. He and his wife Anne of France ruled as regents during the minority of Charles VIII of France.